VENEZUELA - Supreme Court suspends call for consultative referendum
• Giant march today in Caracas • Supposed ‘friends’ of Venezuela among those meeting at OAS headquarters this Friday
THE opposition was dealt a hard blow yesterday when the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice suspended the call for a referendum made by the National Electoral Council (CNE), currently controlled by anti-Chávez forces attempting to oust the legitimate president.
The court likewise banned the council executive from convening or organizing any other type of election, which effectively totally inhibits it.
The court also upheld the National Assembly’s right to designate a new CNE executive in accordance with the recently passed Electoral Law, which the government and other political forces have been insisting on.
For its part, the so-called Group of Friends of Venezuela is to meet this Friday at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, considered a "neutral" location.
Neither the United States or Spain, seconded by Mexico, can be neutral in relation to the current situation in Venezuela, nor will they even defend the principle of respect for the legitimately elected constitutional government, as their objective is to do away with the Bolivarian process.